Musicians from Denton, Texas
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A wide variety of musicians have made their start in Denton, Texas. Among these are names which are known only to the local music scene as well as bands or individuals which have made their mark on a much wider scale. A sampling of these are:
- Baboon
- The Baptist Generals
- Beef Jerky
- Bosque Brown
- Bowling for Soup
- Grammy award winning Brave Combo
- Brutal Juice
- Centro-matic
- Chamillionaire
- Deep Blue Something
- Bob Dorough - primary composer & singer of Schoolhouse Rock!
- Singer-pianist Norah Jones studied jazz piano in Denton.
- Eric Keyes
- Lift to Experience
- The Marked Men
- Midlake
- The Riverboat Gamblers
- Riddle Me This
- The Rocket Summer
- Sarah Reddington
- Sattori
- Slobberbone
- Ten Hands
- Vortexas
- Five Times August
- Faktion
- John Thomas Freeman
(Sly Stone was born in Denton.)
